Tensions rise as loyalists quit Good Friday Agreement

Tension in Ulster was heightened yesterday by the announcement of loyalist paramilitary group the Ulster Freedom Fighters that they were withdrawing from the Good Friday Agreement but maintaining their ceasefire.

Tensions rise as loyalists quit Good Friday Agreement
Wed, 11 Jul, 2001 - 08:07

Tension in Ulster was heightened yesterday by the announcement of loyalist paramilitary group the Ulster Freedom Fighters that they were withdrawing from the Good Friday Agreement but maintaining their ceasefire.

The Progressive Unionist Party announced it would take no further part in the current negotiations,

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